get the mozilla installer
i like it =)
move the file into /tmp
mv mozilla*gz /tmp
cd /tmp
tar zxvf mozilla*gz
cd <created directory>
./mozilla-install
saves time... works for me
and the installer package is smaller than the other *boggle*
Dean
"Adam F. Bogacki" wrote:
>
> Thanks Jeff.
>
> I was impressed with the speed of the download and all seemed to go well
> until I reached roughly the same point at which I experienced problems with
> the Netscape 6 download. As a Linux newbie I may be missing something which
> is obvious to many SLUG readers.
>
> I followed the Mozilla Install Instructions, creating a directory called
> 'mozilla' and moving the tar.gz file into it.
> mkdir mozilla
> mv mozilla*.tar.gz mozilla
>
> However, after changing to the mozilla directory and untarring the archive -
> which should have created the directory 'package' - I received the message
> "No such file or directory".
>
> I had the Mozilla Install instructions open below the Xterm so I am pretty
> sure I entered them correctly, although it was 2.00 A.M. this morning.
>
> I had two or three goes at it and my file directory tells me I now have two
> copies of mozilla-installer, and also of netscape-installer. I also noticed
> a copy of mozilla which may have been installed with RH6.2 but './mozilla'
> did not open it. Perhaps I was in the wrong directory.
>
> What seems to be happening ?
>
> [Life will probably be boring when I get it working.]
>
> Cheers,
>
> Adam.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Waugh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 11:28 AM
> To: Adam F. Bogacki
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] N4.73->N6.0
> <snip>
> > Where do I get a copy of Mozilla - 'mozilla.com' ?
>
> At your local mirror, mirror.aarnet.edu.au! :) I've split the link up onto
> two lines:
>
> ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au
> /pub/mozilla/mozilla/nightly/latest/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
>
> Or there's "mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz" if you want the one
> with the installer.
>
> - Jeff
>
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